Pumping power



2 Sheets--Sheet 1.

(No Model.) 1 I G. W. GRIMES.

- PUMPINGPQWER. No. 563,167. Patented June 30, L896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE IV. GRIMES, OF BLUFFTON, INDIANA.

PUMPING POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,167, dated June 30,1896.

Application filed anuary 9, 1896. Serial No. 574,822. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GRIMES, of Bluffton, in the county ofWells and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved PumpingPower, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to mechanism for pumping oil and water wells, theobject being to provide a simple and compact form of the construction,bringing all wearing points within the limits of easy access, and,further, to provide a frame of strong and novel construct-ion in whichmay be supported one or more devices of different sizes for connectionwith pump rods or lines, whereby a greater length of throw in said pumprods or lines maybe secured than has heretofore been done.

I will describe the device embodying my invention, and then point outthe novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an oil or water pumping mechanism embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation and partial sectionthereof. Fig.3 is a bottom plan view of a pump-rod plate. Fig. 4 is atop plan view of a crank for carrying the plate shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5is a top plan view of a crank employed. Fig. 6 is abottom plan view of apump-rod plate supported by the crank shown in Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is aside elevation particularly showing clips for pump rods or wires.

Referring to the drawings, 1 2 3 designate the mud-sills of the framearranged'parallel one with the other.

4 is a bed-sill arranged transversely thereon, and 5 is asupporting-block for an engine or driving power, supported on themud-sills 2 3.

6 is a vertically-disposed frame for supporting the working parts of thepumping mechanism. This frame 6 is secured rigidly to the bed-sill 4 bymeans of bolts, and for the sake of lightness with the necessarystrength I form it of metal, with a web portion 7 and outwardlyextendededge flanges 8. The frame 6 comprises side uprights and the upper andlower cross-bars 6 6". To the upper crossbar is secured a boxing 9, andto the lower cross-bar is secured a boxing 10. These boxings formbearings for the vertical shaft 11, the lower end of which has astep-bearing in a plate 12, secured to the lower cross-bar of the frame6. 0n the shaft 11 is mounted a beveled gear-wheel l3, meshing with abeveled pinion 14, secured to a horizontal shaft 15, having a bearingthrough a boxing on one of the side uprights of the frame, and on theouter end of this horizontal shaft 15 a suitable eoupling is attached toconnect the engine or motor with the power. At the opposite sides and atthe upper portion of frame 6 are sockets 18, adapted to receive theupper end of wooden brace-bars 19, the lower ends of which are extendedinto mortises formed in the mud-sills 1 2 and secured by means of keys20. As a further means to brace the frame 6 I employ metal tierods 21,the upper ends of which are'bolted to the frame 6 and the lower endsbolted to the mud-sills, and a turnbuckle 22 is located in each irontierod 21.

Secured to the vertical shaft 11, below the top bar of the frame 6, is acrank 23, having in its upper side an annular channel 24, extendingaround the shaft 11, but eccentric thereto. Mounted on the crank 23 is apumprod plate 25, having onits underside a downwardly-extended flange26, designed to engage in the channel 24. On the upper end of the shaft11 and above the top cross-bar is secured another crank 27, which has anannular channel 28 formed in it lateral of the axis of the verticalshaft, and loosely engaged in thischannel 28 is an annular flange 29 ona pump-rod plate 30.

The pump-rod plate and crank just described are smaller than the crankand pumprod plate first described, or, in other words, the two devicesprovide means in one apparatus for imparting a long or short throw to apump rod or wire.

The parts 25 and 30 are each provided near their periphery with anannular row of holes for the passage of bolts for securing the pump rodor wire clips to said parts. I construct the clips so that either a rodor wire may be attached thereto.

Referring to Fig. 7, it will be seen that the clip 31 compriseslongitudinallyextended arms between which-the end of the pumprod 32 maybe bolted, or between which a block 33 may be bolted. Said block isprovided with a central perforation for the passage of a pump-wire 34,the inner end of which is passed through a perforation in a bridge-piece35, and rearward of which the pump-wire is provided with a knot. Theopening is then filled with lead or Babbitt metal to prevent thedetachment of the pumpwire from the clip. The clip is also provided withperforated arms to engage the upper and lower sides of the pump-rodplate.

I am aware that cranks having wrist-pins with a disk or Wheel mountedthereon have heretofore been used for pumping devices, but owing to thesevere strain on the wristpin in operatinga large number of wells, theyhave not proven altogether satisfactory. In my construction I haveentirely done away with the wrist-pin, and the flange-and-channelengagement of the parts insures great strength, and, moreover, thechannel provides a container foralubricant. lVhen the wristpin is used,there is no means for retaining oil used for lubricating purposes, andthis is a continual source of annoyance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a well-pumping power, a frame, a vertical shafthavingbearings in said frame, a bevel-gear on said vertical shaft, ahorizontal shaft having a bearing in a boxing on the frame, a pinion onsaid horizontal shaft engaging with the gear on the vertical shaft, aseries of cranks arranged on the vertical shaft one above another, andpump-rod plates mounted on the cranks, the connected cranks and platesof one set being arranged to move in a smaller circle than those of anadjacent crank and plate, substantially as specified.

2. In an oil and water Well pumping mechanism, a vertical shaft, meansfor rotating the same, a crank mounted on said shaft and having anannular channel, and a pump-rod plate having a flange to engage movablyin said channel, substantially as specified.

3. A clip comprising forwardly-extended arms, a perforated bridge-piece,a perforated block, and a transverse opening rearward of thebridge-piece, in combination with a wire adapted to be inserted throughsaid perforations and having an end secured in said transverse opening,substantially as specified.

GEORGE IV. GRIMES.

IVitnesses:

FRANCIS M. MOFADDEN, AUGUSTUS N. MARTIN.

